Senior Quantitative Analyst Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Senior Quant Analyst
UK > Scotland

As of 2 August 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Quant Analyst daily rate in Scotland.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Quantitative Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.045% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - £750
% change year-on-year - - -11.76%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,089 1,557 1,796
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 91.70% 94.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,102 901 1,115
10th Percentile £289 £240 £199
25th Percentile £381 £358 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.81% +2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £545
90th Percentile £650 £600 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 64 81
10th Percentile £13.36 £16.02 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.97 £17.02 £14.73
Median hourly rate £35.00 £19.71 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year +77.57% +8.71% +2.31%
75th Percentile £60.91 £26.21 £40.94
90th Percentile £74.16 £60.88 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%

Senior Quantitative Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Quantitative Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh - 1 - -
Senior Quantitative Analyst
UK

Senior Quantitative Analyst Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 2 August 2026, Senior Quantitative Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring Senior Quantitative Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Capital Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Monte Carlo Method
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Stochastic Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Value Proposition

Senior Quantitative Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Capital Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Monte Carlo Method
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Stochastic Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality